On August 22, I wrote about Excel Sports Management’s lawsuit against media talent agents Gideon Cohen, William Petok, and Katherine Cutler, who were formerly employed by Excel but left to work with Athletes First. Excel complained that the former employees breached their employment contracts’ restrictive covenants and that they sought to solicit Excel clients.
Sometimes, cases are swiftly resolved. That appears to be the case here.
Within a week of writing about the lawsuit, the parties entered into a Consent Order to facilitate an amicable resolution to the dispute. It includes a separate letter agreement and entry of the order on consent. That order states the following:
Basically, Excel has taken contractual language and supported it by court order. But at least the parties can avoid what could have been protracted, expensive litigation, assuming the former employee defendants comply with the order.